Theology and Philosophy Resources
Above (left to right): Martin Luther, John Calvin,
Ulrich Zwingli, John Knox, John Owen, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield
Above (left to right): John Wesley, Charles Spurgeon,
Cornelius Van Till, Carl. F. Henry, J.I. Packer, Gordon Clark, Francis Schaeffer
DaVinci
Code
Jesus Family Tomb links:
Online Lectures and Debates:
Existence of God, Secularism, Modernism,
Postmodernism, Worldview Analysis, etc.
- Conversation with Dr. Tim
Keller at UC-Berkely on Religious Pluralism and Exclusivism (best I've heard)
- Great lecture by
one of the world's leading New Testament scholars, Dr. Richard Bauckham of
St. Mary's College, St. Andrews University, Scotland, on the historical formation
of the New Testament canon (canonical gospels) and the exclusion of the Gnostic
gospels.
- Lectures on a variety of
issues related to Christianity and Postmodernism, Bible criticism, Philosophy,
Science, Politics, etc. These lectures are presented at Veritas Forums held
at major universities all around the United States. Excellent resource
with great Q&A from students and faculty.
- Great dialogue
between a theist and secularist stemming from a debate over homosexual marriage.
- Debates over the possibility of ethics without God: Wilson-Till
and Frame-Kurtz
- Real Audio debate over the Existence of God between a former atheist turned
Christian theist and a former Christian theist turned atheist: Link
- Here is an audio link
where you can listen to several debates on this subject and others featuring
Christian theist Dr. William Lane Craig.
- Here is an online written
debate between athiest Michael Martin and Christian theist-presuppositionalist
John Frame.
- Best debate I've heard on the existence of God featuring
Dr. Gordon Stein (atheist) and Dr. Greg Bahnsen (theist). Here is the
transcript in pdf. You can purchase the debate here
- Lecture
by Nancy Pearcey on how popular Christianity and critics of Christianity have
fallen into a trap of cultural captivity.
- Lecture
by molecular biologist and theologian Alister McGrath evaluating the evolutionary
biologist Richard Dawkins
- Lectures
on Western Philosophy and Christianity by Christian Philosopher Gordon Clark
(scroll half-way down)
- Lectures
about the thought of Christian Theologian and Cultural Critic Francis Schaeffer
- Testimony
of former atheist turned Christian Physicist Lambert Dolphin
- Lectures
by Theologian and Bible scholar Dr. DA Carson (great stuff on postmodernism)
Apologetics Method
- Here is a debate
(mp3) between a Christian empiricist (Dr. David Hoover) and a Christian presuppositionalist
(Dr. Gordon Clark)
Debates/lectures on topics within Christian Theology
- Debates
on various points of disagreement between Protestant and Roman Catholics between
Dr. James White (Reformed Baptist) and various Roman Catholic apologists
- Lectures and Debates
by Dr. Gary Habermas (primarily on the resurrection of Christ)
Creationism vs Evolution
Christianity and Politics:
Links to various American religious and irreligious
groups and resources related to them
Identification, History, Description and Membership figures
of all Religious Groups and Movements in America from Religious Movements study
center at the University of Virginia: Link
Evangelical Christian Denominations
Mainline Protestant Denominations
Catholic
Eastern Orthodox
Black Protestant Denominations
Other Christian-Affiliates
Irreligious Websites and Organizations
Links and Resources (perspectives in parentheses)
- Labri Fellowship International
(the peculiar ministry, first in Switzerland now in a half-dozen other places,
of the late theologian/philosopher Francis Schaeffer; started in the early
1960s as a ministry to questioning minds concerning Christianity against other
worldviews; literally questioning people, mostly young adults, go there announced
or not and stay/eat for free a few days in these quaint lodgins and discuss
with other similarly situated people their intellectual problems with life,
meaning, and morality)
- Frontline
Apologetics - Great website featuring debate (both sides) over the veracity
of Christian theism
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library (fantastic
website with literally thousands of primary source material throughout Church
History)
- Philosopher Douglas Groothius
(several lectures available on apologetics and worldview comparisons)
- Rational Response Squad
(atheistic)
- Bibliography of
Theological Studies (United Kingdom)
- Francis Beckwith's
Webpage (Philosopher and Ethicists at Baylor University)
- First Things (Online journal on issues
involving church, state, public ethics, etc. from a conservative Christian
perspective)
- Dr. Gary Habermas (evangelical
theologian; respected scholar on the subject of the resurrection)
- National Council of Churches (Christian
advocacy group from a liberal perspective)
- Puritan's Mind (lots
of theological resources here)
- Reformed Theology and
Calvinism (website with classic articles on Reformed theology in Christianity)
- Index
of Logical Fallacies (very helpful when developing an argument)
- Religion Online
(great general resource for various topics in religion and theology)
- Philosophy
and Theology Author list
- Monergism.com (Calvinist)
- Center for Reformed Theology
and Apologetics (Calvinist)
- Catholic Answers
(Catholic Apologetics)
- Christian Research Institute
(Basic Evangelical Apologetics)
- The Spurgeon Archive
(Website dedicated to Charles Spurgeon and his sermons)
- Jonathan Edwards
(Website dedicatted to American theologian Jonathan Edwards and his writings/sermons)
- Hall of
Church History (resources on Church history from a Protestant perspective)
- The Infidel Guy
(website maintained by an atheist; radio program too)
- Ravi Zacharias International
Ministries (Classical Apologetics; radio show too)
- Alvin
Plantinga Resources (resources from a prominent Christian philosopher)
- His Defense
(website of resources and lectures by prominent Christian philosopher JP Moreland)
- Intelligent
Design Network (organization dedicated to seeing Intelligent Design perspectives
in science advanced in academic pursuits)
- Institute for Creation Research
and Answers in Genesis (organizations
dedicated to recent-age creationism)
- John Hick (website
dedicated to liberal/inclusivist Christian theologian John Hick)
- Center for Barth
Studies (website dedicated to the Neo-Orthodox theologian Karl Barth)
- The Kierkergaardan
(websited dedicated to Christian Existentialist Soren Kierkegaard)
- Philosophy Pages
(website all about Philosophy, primarily from a non religious perspective)
- Applied
Presuppositionalism (Reformed Apologetics from a Presuppositional, rather
than Classical, perspective)
- Mega
list of Evangelical (mostly Reformed) Christianity links and resources
- List
of Apologetics historical writings, documents, and online books
- The Reformed Baptist
Reader (All about Baptist Heritage; contains historical documents)
- Founders Ministries
(Group of Southern Baptists working to return Southern Baptists to their Reformed
Heritage)
- The Institute for Christian
Studies (Canadian think-tank and graduate program influenced by NeoCalvinist
and Dutch philosopher Hermann Dooeyweerd)
- Third Millenium (Reformed
organization with apologetics and theological resources, including audio;
founded by theologian Richard Pratt)
- Web blog and website
of Dr. Darell Bock (New Testament scholar and expert on the early church
writings, including the "Lost Gospels")
Favorite Books in Theology/Philosophy/Political Theology/History:
Category |
Book Title & Author |
Apologetics and Philosophical Theology |
Is Jesus the Only Savior -
James R. Edwards**
The Universe Next Door - James Sire***
Jesus Under Fire - Wilkins and Moreland*
Religion, Reason, and Revelation - Gordon
Clark****
A Christian View of Men and Things - Gordon Clark****
The God Who Is There - Francis Schaeffer****
Escape From Reason - Francis Schaeffer****
He is There and He is Not Silent - Francis Schaeffer****
Can Man Live Without God - Ravi Zacharias**
In Six Days - John Ashton*
Christianity and Liberalism - J. Gresham Machen***
The Case for Christ - Lee Strobel***
The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible - B.B. Warfield***
Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis****
The Word of God and the Mind of Man - Ronald H. Nash**
Faith, Form, and Time - Kurt Wise**
God and Cosmos - John Byl**
Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics - Steve Wilkins**
Reasons for Faith: Philosophy in the Service of Theology - K.
Scott Oliphant**
Letter from a Christian Citizen: A Response to Letter to a Christian
Nation by Sam Harris - Douglas Wilson**
The Reason for God - Tim Keller***
Fabricating Jesus - Craig Evans*
Dethroning Jesus - Darrell Bock and Dan Wallace***
A World of Difference: Putting Christian Truth-Claims to the Worldview Test - Kenneth R. Samples***
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society - Leslie Newbigin***
|
| Biblical and Systematic Theology |
The Institutes of the Christian Religion - John
Calvin****
Systematic Theology - Wayne Grudem***
A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith - Roberty Reymond
**** |
| Political and Cultural Theology |
Above All Earthly Pow'rs: Christ in a Postmodern
World - David Wells***
Political Visions & Illusions - David
T. Koyzis***
The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind - Mark
Noll***
Lectures on Calvinism - Abraham Kuyper***
The Truth about Tolerance - Stetson and
Conti*
The Kingdom of Christ - Russell Moore*
The Genevan Reformation and the American Founding
- David W. Hall***
Savior or Servant: Putting Government in its
Place - David W. Hall**
Christians & Politics Beyond the Culture
Wars - edited by David Gushee*
The Emergence of Liberty in the Modern World
- Douglas Kelly**
The Basic Ideas of Calvinism -Henry Meeter**
From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics,
Eugenics, and Racism in Germany - Richard Weikart**
Religion and the New Republic - edited
by James Hutson**
The Basic Ideas of Calvinism - Henry Meeter**
Creation Regained - Al Wolters***
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
- Nancy Pearcy****
Prosperity and Poverty: The Compassionate Use of Resources in a World
of Scarcity - E. Calvin Beisner**
Who Really Cares? - Arthur Brooks***
Back to Freedom and Dignity - Francis Schaeffer***
Christ and Culture Revisited - DA Carson***
|
| Christian Living and Inspiration |
Knowing God - JI Packer***
Desiring God - John Piper***
Pleasures of God - John Piper****
The Holiness of God - R.C. Sproul***
Man in the Mirror***
Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life - Donald Whitney***
Faithfulness and Holiness: The Witness of JC Ryle - JI Packer***
|
| History and Biography |
Jonathan Edwards: A Life - George Marsden***
John Adams - David McCullough***
Pascal - Roger Soltau*
Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative
Protestantism in Modern America - D.G. Hart***
Church History in Plain Language - Bruce Shelley***
Theologians of the Baptist Tradition - Timothy George**
George Whitefield - Arnold Dallimore***
Born Again - Chuck Colson***
The Legacy of Sovereign Joy - John Piper**
Reformed Theology in America: A History of its Modern Development
- David Wells**
The Evangelical Heritage: A Study in Historical Theology - Bernard
Ramm*
|
| Church Doctrine and Denominational Distinctives (e.g., Calvinism, Baptism,
etc.) |
Chosen by God - R.C. Sproul***
God's Greater Glory - Bruce Ware**
The Roman Catholic Controversy - James
White**
Why I Am A Baptist - Tom Nettles and Russell Moore*
To a Thousand Generations - Doug Wilson**
Morman America - Richard and Joan Rostling** |
| Fiction |
Chronicles of Narnia - C.S.
Lewis***
The Stranger - Albert Camus** |
Rating System (4 stars: excellent, 3: very good, 2: good, 1: fair)
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